Summer-like temperatures in mid-fall? That's the forecast for the next few days with Mammoth Lakes looking at about 80 degrees, compared to a normal temperature for this time of year of about 62 degrees.

Lundy Canyon is rightly known as one of the best fall color hikes of the week. Although the color is just getting started, it won't last long up there, due to the drought so this will be a good weekend to get up to Lundy. The road is located about two miles north of Lee Vining off U.S. 395.

Roads and campgrounds are beginning to close but the warm fall weather means a lot of campgrounds are still open and, the roads are still in very good shape across the Inyo National Forest lands of the Eastern Sierra. Here is a list of the latest updates:

The Eastern Sierra, especially the southern half of the Eastside south of Bishop, receieved its first winter-type storm over the weekend, dusting the high Sierra crest with as much as six inches of snow and dropping welcome rain on the drought-parched Owens and Long valleys.